FIELD: electrical engineering.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to electrical engineering, particularly to a self-powered processing device, and comprises a processing device and a power generator that are physically, electrically, and thermally coupled to one another. Power generator is a fuel cell that can be manufactured from silicon-based materials, that can also support processing circuitry. Thermal coupling between the power generator and the processing device can include a thermoelectric either generating electrical power from the temperature differential or consuming electrical power to generate a temperature differential. Thermal coupling between the power generator and the processing device comprises a thermal coupling between the fuel delivered to the power generator. Computing device with self-powered processing devices also includes an energy storage device to store excess energy produced by the self-powered processing device and provide it back during times of need. Self-powered processing device comprises either a wireless or wired network connection, the latter being connectable to a slot on a backplane that can aggregate multiple self-powered processing devices and provide fuel delivery paths for them.
EFFECT: higher overall efficiency of the self-powered processing device.
9 cl, 6 dwg
